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Today’s #GOPCThread is all about #legacycities, the international edition 
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In June, GOPC had the opportunity to participate in “Legacy Cities and Left-Behind Places: Comparative Analysis, Policy, and Practice,” an international symposium sponsored by @landpolicy and @BartlettArchUCL #GOPCThread
This first conversation in a series of several was a great opportunity for GOPC to learn more about #legacycities across the globe, their characteristics, how they are used for political purposes, and how what they are called varies from country to country #GOPCThread
. @DrGanning noted that in the U.S. “legacy cities” is a slippery term. She & @jrosietighe have parsed through different usages of the term in an extensive review; check out their recent paper! #GOPCThread https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0739456X18772074">https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/1...
In the UK, the predominant term is “Left Behind Places,” which, like “legacy cities,” tends to refers to areas that were formerly industrialized and have been experiencing underinvestment for several decades. #GOPCThread https://localtrust.org.uk/insights/research/left-behind-understanding-communities-on-the-edge/">https://localtrust.org.uk/insights/...
. @john_tomaney, #AndyPike ( @CURDSNewcastle) & @LucyNatarajan have written about policy solutions and paths forward for left behind places, including a white paper for the UK2070 Commission #GOPCThread http://uk2070.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/93-TOMANEY-et-al-Land-use-planning-inequality-and-the-problem-of-%E2%80%98left-behind-places%E2%80%99_J-Tomaney.pdf">https://uk2070.org.uk/wp-conten...
Policymakers & researchers like #DannyMacKinnon w/ @UniofNewcastle are thinking about “levelling up”, e.g. what strategies and policies are needed to bring left behind places into parity with strong market cities/metropolises #GOPThread https://blog.geographydirections.com/2021/06/02/left-behind-places-regional-inequalities-and-levelling-up/">https://blog.geographydirections.com/2021/06/0...
In France https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇫🇷" title="Flagge von Frankreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Frankreich">, legacy cities/secondary cities/left behind places are often glossed as being part of la France périphérique, as compared to the thriving cities in la France métropolitaine (e.g. Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux) #GOPCThread https://lvsl.fr/trois-france-entre-peripheries-metropoles/">https://lvsl.fr/trois-fra...
“la France périphérique” tends to have strong political connotations, signaling support for right-wing leaders. “Legacy Cities” in the US may not have that association, but the “flyover country” in which they are supposedly located often does #GOPCThread https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/05/we-know-who-votes-for-brexit-trump-and-le-pen-what-do-we-call-them.html">https://slate.com/news-and-...
#ClaireColumb w/ @BartlettUCL has warned against political reductionism of “la France périphérique”, just as legacy city researchers and observers of the US Midwest caution that these regions are politically diverse #GOPCThread https://www.ijurr.org/spotlight-on/urban-revolts/the-revolt-of-the-periphery-against-the-metropolis/">https://www.ijurr.org/spotlight...
In Germany https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland">, researchers like #TimLeibert w/ Institut für Länderkunde are studying “peripheralization” & how depopulation, feelings of disconnect, & dependence on transfer payments are shaping experiences. #GOPCThread https://twitter.com/DanielaSCarl/status/1400412236473057281?s=20">https://twitter.com/DanielaSC...
Like #legacycity researchers in the US, #TimLeibert & colleagues argue that policies sensitive to local realities of population loss, etc. are needed to reverse trends of further marginalization in peripheralized communities #GOPCThread https://comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/254">https://comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php...
Population loss, excess land (which often requires remediation), feelings of social & political estrangement from the broader country, are common themes across the globe, but it’s clear that national contexts are important for truly understanding local dynamics #GOPCThread
There is much practitioners, policymakers & researchers can learn from each other in terms of policy solutions, local and regional strategies, and federal policies. Let’s keep the conversation going! #GOPCThread
